Hotel Kore Agrigento

... a few children dress in costumes, it is not a prevalent custom. But all children enjoy the fun of dressing up, so Halloween has begun to take on the flavor of the more secular and fun-filled trick and treat night of the USA. However, the non-religious aspect of the date is frowned upon here...Tradition is important in Italy.

... waren überrascht zu sehen, dass diese tempel
auf einer hügel-kette liegen und nicht in einem tal. Naja ;-)

Das wort ‚templi‘ ist ja mehrzahl von tempel. Es sind dann tatsächlich auch zwei alte
ruinen, also mehrzahl. Somit wird dieses wort gerade knapp
gerechtfertigt, aber ist für den stolzen eintrittspreis dann aber halt
doch enttäuschend. Nach 10min hat man dieses ‚tal‘ gesehen.

Am 27.7. fahren wir zurück nach ...

... beacuse I am running out of time!!!

Sicily was a LONGGG freaking day! got up at 4 am and we got back to the hotel at MIDNIGHT that night! also the bus was ridiculous I didn't fit in the seats (OF COURSE!!!) and we spent pretty much the whole 12 hours ina bus!!! the scenery was GORGEOUS went to an amazing little village with one of the ...

... Most lunches and dinners cost us E$25 – E$30.

Day 5: Train to Naples for overnight ferry to Palermo, Sicily

Took train from Rome to Naples. Learning how to buy tickets is tricky at first. In addition, paid for a first class ticket and got on a train with no first class that stopped in every city. This train to Naples took about 2 ½ hrs; however, we got to see a lot. E$40. Cabbed to ferry terminal. E$10.

Sicily, Italy riesario

Went to the valley of the temples today. It's suppose to be one of the most important Greek sites.. It has a handful of temples, most destroyed in recent earthquakes, and many many artifacts. For $10 i got into the HUGE museum and to the site of the temples. The museum holds many many many relics and a ...

Dear Lord........... In Cammarata today I got a ride on the back of a kid's sports bike with my backpack on. You'd have to see my backpack to understand... It is packed to the brim, but not only that, it has another backpack strapped to the back of it full of food and water ( at least 6 liters of water...). I'm thinking around 80lbs.. and it has ...

... in the store. I only remember the girls name, Sara, because it's easy, I never got her mom's name or remember her brother's Italian name. The mother invited to me attend the upcoming festivals in Cammarata but they flipping start on the day I fly out from Rome. ARGG!!!!!!!!! I think she also told me a bit about the history of the city but I don't remember/understand much. I think one of the festivals is about a well known psychologist from here ...

... and drop off my large backpack before I tour the city, so I got directions to the hotel from him. Now I'm sitting in the hotel wishing there was internet access so i could post this now and maybe a picture or two. This is such a beautiful place in Sicily and I'm so glad that I made it here. I am also glad (and surprised) that many people speak Italian here, because I don't understand Sicilian at all. I guess this town isn't as small as I though....

... really tired from walking with the two backpacks and also upset that i walked right by the bus stop and i could totally of made the 9:30 bus. Anyways, i got to Agigrento around 2pm and i went to my Hostel. Well, since i put number backwards, i went to 195 instead of 165. So i got to this hostel and i was talking to the lady and she gave me my room and then told me that she didn't have a reseveration for me...when i gave her the address, she told me it was 2 doors ...

... We spent a couple of hours here and I gave it my best shot trying to fill up a 1gb card with as much as I could! I so wanted to touch them and wished I could have some at my house. After reluctantly leaving the Villa, we traveled to the seaside and had a wonderful lunch. It is amazing how good pasta can taste when the sauce is a compliment rather than the main ingredient. A walk along the beach ...